CHAPTER SEVEN
Scheduled Incarnations
with Specific Functions
TEXT 1
ae@hara
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wala: faassen Fer
IS Ag TRS ATTAAT: |
S a:
wemamia somaaeaa
t apalafer asent 220 Ul 2 II
brahmovaca
yatrodyatah ksiti-taloddharandya bibhrat
kraudim tanum sakala-yajna-mayim anantah
antar-maharnava upagatam dadi-daityam
tam damstrayadrim iva vajra-dharo dadara
brahm4 uvaca—Lord Brahmi said; yatra—at that time (when); udyatah—
attempted; ksiti-tala—the earthly planet; uddharanaya—for the matter of
lifting; bibhrat—assumed; kraudim—pastimes; tanum—form; sakala— total;
yajna-mayim—all-inclusive sacrifices; anantah—the Unlimited; antar—within
the universe; mahda-arnave—the great Garbha Ocean; upagatam—having
arrived at; ddi—the first; daityam—demon; tam—him; damstraya—by the
tusk; adrim—the flying mountains; iva—like; vajra-dharah—the controller
of the thunderbolts; dadara—pierced.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahma said: At the time when the unlimitedly powerful Lord
assumed the form of a boar as a pastime, just to lift up the earthly
planet, which was drowned in the great ocean of the universe called the
Garbhodaka, the first demon [Hiranyaksa] appeared, and the Lord
pierced him with His tusk.
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